(Stolen Kongousouha) |
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| Original Release Date: 03/30/05 | Review Date: 04/01/05 | |
| Summary | ||
| Inuyasha shoots Meioujuu with the Kongousouha, but it gets deflected again. Meioujuu comes down and steals Tessaiga in the confusion, and kidnaps Kagome just for good measure, then flies off. Meanwhile, Byakuya confesses to Sesshoumaru that he is actually Kagura reincarnated, then professes his love. Sesshoumaru tells Byakuya that he's already in love with Kagome, and flies off to rescue her from Meioujuu. Byakuya then turns into a weird tentacle monster thing and catches Sesshoumaru by the leg, saying he'll never forgive him. | ||
| Review | ||
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Oooh, the drama thickens. Sort of. Looks like Mouryoumaru's other
plan was to steal Tessaiga and kidnap Kagome while he was at it. So, he's
going to absorb Meioujuu's shell, all of Tessaiga's powers, and Kagome's
spiritual powers while he's at it. Or maybe he's just holding her
hostage. Or maybe the baby just misses clinging to her chest.
Best Moment: Ha ha, Sesshoumaru got pwned! He's such a lousy boyfriend, and doesn't know the meaning of letting 'em down easy. But since when was he in love with... Kagome?! I mean, I know Rin's kinda young for him, but he's certainly shown no interest in Kagome before, and this seems like kind of a random time to do so. But, oh well, as long as he gets to do something. And maybe he just said something random to get Byakuya off his back. Next week it looks like Sesshoumaru will ACTUALLY get to fight, and it'll be him vs the jealous one-eyed tentacled Byakuya doohicky. In the meantime, HOPEFULLY Inuyasha wisens up and actually goes after Tessaiga, er, Kagome himself. Eh, he'll probably just follow after Meioujuu to get his sword back, and will rescue Kagome while he's at it. That boy knows his priorities. |
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(Mouryoumaru's Goal) |
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| Original Release Date: 03/23/05 | Review Date: 03/24/05 | |
| Summary | ||
| Inuyasha shoots Meioujuu with Kongousouha, but Meioujuu pulls into his shell and deflects it back at him. Inuyasha tries Dragon-scaled Tessaiga instead, but it heats up on him again and forced him to cancel the transformation. Suddenly, Meioujuu comes out of his shell, seemingly not of his own will, and tells Inuyasha to try Kongousouha again. At that point, Miroku and Sesshoumaru both realize what Mouryoumaru is trying to do. Unfortunately, they won't tell us until next week at least. | ||
| Review | ||
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So, this week, Sesshoumaru is relegated to Shippou status by standing on the sidelines and keeping a running commentary of
what's going on. Fortunately, the Sesshoumaru/Byakuya commentary is almost MST3K style, since they're pretty much like,
"Okay, THAT was stupid." "Psh, he sucks." And the best one: "Well, looks like Tessaiga's gotten ANOTHER weird power."
Best Moment: Well, it was just a panel that made me snort with laughter when I saw it, and I'm not really sure why. Meioujuu deflects Inuyasha's Kongousouha all over the place, and Inuyasha is dancing around on the ground trying to dodge it. After the fun is over, it goes back to Sess and Byaku for their commentary, and there's a random Kongousouha spear sticking out of the roof between them, and they're both looking off like, "Yeah, whatever." This fight also makes me wonder why only Inuyasha is allowed to fight the bad guys anymore. The last couple of big fights have been just him, with everyone else just hanging out uselessly in the background going "INUYASHA!" whenever appropriate. I mean, come on, we know Meioujuu was defeated before by a human monk, so let Miroku in on the action, why don't ya? Or at least let Sesshoumaru fight a bit, now that he's here. Sesshoumaru already mentioned that Mouryoumaru's goal is to absorb Meioujuu's shell, which can deflect Kongousouha, but the implication that the "OMG NOO!" goal that everyone realized at the end was something other than this. My guess is that he's trying to get Inuyasha to kill Meioujuu's body so that he can take the shell, but that's kind of the same thing. So... I dunno. Mouryoumaru would look kinda silly wearing that shell, but hey, at least he'd be covered. Therefore, we knew it all along. Mouryoumaru's goal is to finally get some pants. |
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(Armor Shell) |
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| Original Release Date: 03/16/05 | Review Date: 03/16/05 | |
| Summary | ||
| Meioujuu returns for his shell, but Miroku has put it behind a barrier. Byakuya intervenes by manipulating a guard into breaking the barrier, and Meioujuu retrieves the piece of his shell, making his armor complete. Byakuya figures he's done his part and goes to leave, but is stopped by Sesshoumaru. Meanwhile, Meioujuu goads Inuyasha into trying Kongousouha again. | ||
| Review | ||
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"Am I not turtley enough for the turtle armor? Turtle, turtle!" Even though everyone else is prett much like
"Dude, what's Mory up to this time?", it's pretty obvious that he's just trying to beef Meioujuu up to become
resistant to Kongousouha, then absorb Meioujuu's power. Byakuya, and by association Naraku, seem to have a pretty
dumb plan going on right now. "Hm, we don't know what Mouryoumaru is up to, so we'll just let him do it and find out,
even if it's something bad."
Best Moment: The absolutely random appearance of Sesshoumaru. Seriously, that panel made me laugh out loud. I'd spoiled
myself on blogs, so I KNEW he was in this week's chapter, but it was still just an XD moment when he showed up. It basically
went like: And, Byakuya is once again Kagura Lite, as he's able to manipulate people's bodies, but this time while they're still alive, by putting little paper doll sticky notes on their backs. Heck, even his initial encounter with Sesshoumaru was kinda similar, since it was like, *swipe down tree* "Oh, you're Inuyasha's brother?" "You smell like Naraku, you suck." ... I smell Byaku/Sess yaoi. Next week, hopefully Sesshoumaru will actually, you know, fight, since he hasn't done that in quite a while. He probably won't make a difference, since he never does, but it's nice to have him around again. |
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(Meioujuu) |
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| Original Release Date: 03/09/05 | Review Date: 03/10/05 | |
| Summary | ||
| Sesshoumaru's group comes across the remains of Meioujuu, a giant turtle youkai. After they leave, a piece of Mouryoumaru enters its mouth and revives it. Meioujuu attacks a castle where a suit of armor made from a piece of his shell is enshrined. Inuyasha drives him away with the Kongousouha, but Mouryoumaru's mouth appears on Meioujuu's arm and tells him to try taking the Kongousouha again. | ||
| Review | ||
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Well, congratulations on chapter 400! And according to the little blurb
from Takahashi, she intends to go at least 100 more. o_O So... I
guess this is nowhere near over -_-. 100 chapters ago, Inuyasha was
fighting Gozu and Mezu to get through the gateway to the next world. Since
then, Kikyou's come back, they've gotten the final shard, learned Kongousouha,
did the whole Fuyouheki thing, and killed off Hakudoushi and Kagura.
So, now we've got Meioujuu, the "Darkness King Beast", though "Meiou" generally means the keeper of the underworld, like Pluto or Hades. He's this giant turtle thing with tiger paws and what I'm guessing is a phoenix tail, since he's got a dragon tongue, thus making him basically a combination of the four animal gods. He wasn't much to get excited about, though, since he got scared off after one attack, and his only attack was to shoot lightning bolts out of his shell. Best Moment: Hi, Sesshoumaru! I'm just happy he's back, even if it's only for a couple of pages and he didn't really do anything important and he'll probably go back into obscurity for the next 20 chapters or so again. Buuut, that's okay, because Jaken rocks. "Ah, I'm such a casual suck-up." Not to mention Sesshoumaru got the color page aaall to himself. Now that Sesshoumaru's back, hopefully that means Kikyou and Kohaku will make their returns sometime in the near future. Their plights seemed kind of pressing, but we've all but forgotten about them for the past 20 chapters. But now that Naraku and Mouryoumaru are back in the picture, and Byakuya is sending his bat-eye out to investigate, maybe things'll get back on track again. Heck right now Byakuya is plotting against dragon-scaled Tessaiga, and Mouryoumaru is plotting against Kongousouha, so Inuyasha's going to be running out of moves pretty soon. ... Which, of course, means that he'll have to get yet ANOTHER power-up or something. -_- Sigh... this series should just be renamed "Tessaiga". |
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(The Most Powerful Sword) |
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| Original Release Date: 03/02/05 | Review Date: 03/09/05 | |
| Summary | ||
| The others protect the unconscious Inuyasha from Byakuya, but Byakuya states that he was only there to watch, and proceeds to fly away in a paper crane. Inuyasha consults Toutousai about his sword, and Toutousai states that there was nothing wrong with the sword, it's just that Inuyasha needs to learn to master it without getting burned each time. Meanwhile Naraku and Byakuya talk of ways to use Tessaiga's new power to their advantage. | ||
| Review | ||
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Wow, it's return of the minor characters! Hello, Toutousai! Long time no see, Naraku! Now if only we can figure out where
the hell Kanna went... And what exactly does Toutousai do for a living, anyway? He must make a fortune off of one sword, then
can just wallow in retirement until Inuyasha shows up and complains about his latest dysfunction.
Best Moment: Toutousai offers to heal Inuyasha... by licking him. o_O "Oh, you have medicine?" Slurp. Toutousai has a freakin' long tongue, too. Someone tie the old man down! And it calls into question just WHAT sort of guy Inu-papa was to be friends with a guy like this... So, Byakuya begins to show more and more that he's pretty much Kagura Lite. He has pretty much exactly the same exit strategy: pull object out of hair, cause a whirlwind, and ride off on it. And aside from Byakuya riding a paper crane and Kagura riding a feather, the only other difference is that Kagura's parting words were always "aba yo" and Byakuya's are "mata na". Byakuya was amazingly even MORE girly-looking in this chapter than he was before. The vote's still out on what I think of him, because so far he just seems like a Kagura-wannabe. |
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(Tessaiga Backfires) |
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| Original Release Date: 02/23/05 | Review Date: 02/24/05 | |
| Summary | ||
| Inuyasha uses the dragon-scaled Tessaiga against the Doku-Mizuchi, and the absorbed poison energy turns Tessaiga black, and it begins to wildly overheat again as well. Not caring, Inuyasha strikes the Doku-Mizuchi and slices it in half with the poisoned Tessaiga. However, the poison still remains, and Tessaiga releases an explosion that knocks Inuyasha unconscious. | ||
| Review | ||
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Okay, so when I first saw the title of this chapter, I literally planted my face in the keyboard snickering. Somehow, someway,
Takahashi just KEEPS GOING with the sword innuendo. I translated the title innocuously enough, but it's literally something like
"Tessaiga's Spontaneous Discharge". *snrk* I mean, jeez, his sword explodes, and wouldn't you know it, he's out like a light
five seconds later.
Best Moment: Well, it's kinda fun to see Tessaiga misbehave and go all weird and stuff, but honestly, that sword is getting more development than all the characters combined. Yeah, Inuyasha and Miroku are hurt, but they always get better. The sword, since it is an accessory, is ultimately expendable. It's still in one piece after this battle, but who knows what's going on with it. And Byakuya's just off on the sideline going, "Ooooooh, exploding hot black sword... me likes". So, now we've got the two fighters of the group more or less incapacitated, which leaves Kagome, Sango, and Shippou on their own against Byakuya. .... Although, so far the guy hasn't really posed a threat in and of himself. He's just provoked the Doku-Mizuchi and forced Inuyasha to use an attack that ultimately backfired on him. And he DOES use illusions like Shippou, so maybe he's just in it for the yucks, but can't actually do anything himself. |
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(Byakuya of the Mirage) |
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| Original Release Date: 02/16/05 | Review Date: 02/20/05 | |
| Summary | ||
| Inuyasha tries to use Kongousouha against the Doku-Mizuchi, but a mist causes the serpent to break into phantoms of itself, disturbing Inuyasha's aim. The summoner of the mist identifies himself as Byakuya, and by his scent, is a new incarnation of Naraku. He tells Inuyasha that because the Doku-Mizuchi devoured a part of Mouryoumaru, it has his regenerative abilities and can therefore only be defeated by the dragon-scale Tessaiga. | ||
| Review | ||
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Well, gee, a new bunshin. And because he has a title like Kagura and Kanna, my guess is that he's going to last for a while.
Even though Kanna has, like, fallen off the face of the earth (literally, since the last time we saw her she was going off a cliff
with the baby). So, since Kagura of the Wind became the wind, and Kanna of the Void kind of flitted out of existence, maybe
Byakuya of the Mirage really was never there in the first place. Although, I'm not really sure how an illusion can have scent.
Best Moment: Eh, not a whole lot really happend, since it was just introduction of the new character. He reminds me of a male version of Kagura, actually, and looks quite a bit like her as well. He's got the same sort of laid-back personality, but not quite as much "spunk". Then again, he's only been around for a chapter and a half, so I'm sure we'll see more of him. So, this chapter almost brings up the question of whether or not the whole Dakki thing was just a trap to lure Inuyasha into absorbing an ability that was harmful to Tessaiga. Now Byakuya is all but forcing Inuyasha to use it, and who knows what might happen. ... Why so much drama over a dang sword, anyway? Shouldn't we be more worried about what's going to happen to one of the characters? Miroku gets poisoned so much, it's gotten to the point that it's like, "Meh, he'll get better". So now all that's left to be concerned about is their accessories. -_- |
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(Doku-Mizuchi) |
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| Original Release Date: 02/09/05 | Review Date: 02/12/05 | |
| Summary | ||
| Inuyasha finds a giant venomous water snake that smells kind of like Mouryoumaru, so goes to kick its ass. Unfortunately, snakes don't HAVE asses, so he has a bit of trouble, especially after his sword heats up on him again after trying to suck the snake. Meanwhile, a Mysterious Figure(tm) looms, giving them the eeeeevil eye. | ||
| Review | ||
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Mouryoumaru who? Plot what? Oh my god, are we actually getting somewhere now? Say it isn't so, say it isn't so! I could've
been content with another couple of months of side-quests! Go away, Mory, we aren't done upgrading people's weapons yet! "Yes,
I found the plot! And I ATE it!"
... Yeah. I was very thankful for this, because it kinda looks like we might actually be headed somewhere again. I'm also rather thankful at the issues Inuyasha is having with his new sword upgrade, because the arc which spawned it was so... forced and anticlimactic. I've been kinda disappointed with the last couple of strings of chapters, so I hope this'll lead into something good. With the introduction of a new, yet-unnamed youkai character showing up, I'm guessing it'll at least go SOMEWHERE. Who is this mysterious beautiful man with his eye on a snake and fixated on Inuyasha's sword? Best Moment: Er, I'm just happy we're kind of back in plot-land and Mouryoumaru's name is back in the picture. And the new guy looks interesting, albeit a little creepy. The Doku-Mizuchi/Venomous Serpent looks to be kinda one-shot, though, and will probably get its ass-that-is-not-an-ass handed to it in the next couple of chapters. What is it with snakes eating pieces of Mouryoumaru, anyway? Snaaaaaake, snaaaaaake, ohhhh, it's a snaaaaaaake... Oh well. Looking forward to next week... for once. |
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(Dragon-Scaled Tessaiga) |
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| Original Release Date: 02/02/05 | Review Date: 02/04/05 | |
| Summary | ||
| The cat nun strikes Kagome, and the scent of her blood brings Inuyasha to the rescue. The nun is simply possessed by the spirit of the cat, so to save the real human nun, Inuyasha whips out his new sucky scaly Tessaiga and absorbs all the youkai energy out of the nun. However, doing so makes Tessaiga hot... | ||
| Review | ||
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Oh Tessaiga, you're so hot. ... Seriously, the sword innuendo is getting a little out of hand here. First it pulses, then it
grows, then it gets fuzzy, then it turns red, then it shoots stuff, then it gets textured, and now it's hot. Maybe it's divine
retribution for sticking his sword in a nun's pu... okay, I'm NOT going to say it. -_-
Best Moment: Well, we finally get the first use of Ryuurin Tessaiga. I guess like "Kekkai Yaburu Akai Tessaiga", this one's just getting a descripitve term rather than a name. So... what, he just turns on the scales and it goes "sucka sucka sucka"? And I guess it's different from Tessaiga's inherint ability to absorb the abilities of stronger opponents in that it just absorbs the energy of opponents, but not attacks specifically. Or maybe the spirit cat was, you know, really hot or something. Regardless, looks like we've gotten off this little side-story and will HOPEFULLY get into the PLOT sometime in the near future. Is Inuyasha's hot sword another new ability, or is he just overclocking it? He's modded it like crazy as it is, that thing's about to blow a fuse... |
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(Spirit Cat) |
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| Original Release Date: 01/26/05 | Review Date: 01/27/05 | |
| Summary | ||
| Inuyasha and Miroku discover that the bones of the spirit cat are just a fake, made up of the bones of slain humans. Meanwhile, Kagome, who's been left alone with the nun, gets attacked by more spirit cat nun things who beg for her help. | ||
| Review | ||
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Well, with the Oni-Head Castle arc just finishing up on TV over here, I've come to notice how similar this
arc is turning out so far. Demon buried under the building? Check. Pretty girl really possessed? Check. Big
demon that appears is just an illusion? Check. Pretty much the only exciting information in this chapter is
the revelation that Kirara is apparently less than 300 years old. Woo, character development, sorta.
I'm still trying to figure out exactly how to define "bake-neko", though. I mean, Sesshoumaru and Papa's dog forms are described as "bake-inu", and Entei was described as a "bake-uma", so I guess it's like some sort of spiritual mutant animal thing. Or something. Really, the only way I can think of to define it is to give other examples. ^_^* Best Moment: Um, other than Kirara doing something other than sitting there and looking cute, nothing, really. Hey, maybe this'll be the Kirara powerup storyline! She'll become uber-kitty and can, like, turn into a nun or something. Because it's always useful to have a cat that can turn into a nun, let me tell you. In all honesty, though I still have no idea where this story is headed. Maybe they're just trying to kill time and do something cool for chapter 400. Maybe it'll lead into the next story arc. Or maybe it's just total filler and is an excuse for the dog to beat on some cats. -_- |
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(Convent) |
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| Original Release Date: 01/19/05 | Review Date: 01/21/05 | |
| Summary | ||
| The group takes shelter from the rain in a run-down temple which ends up being a convent headed by a young nun. The convent is being plagued by attacks from cat spirits, and the nun now has to deal with Miroku's usual advances. | ||
| Review | ||
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So... what were we doing again? Naraku who? Mouryoumaru what? Kohaku and Kikyou where?
Yeah, that's pretty much how this chapter goes. It's kind of reminiscent of the Yadori
Sanagi story way back when, which also came immediately after a Gendai chapter. So, hopefully
this will turn out to lead into the next arc, rather that just being another pointless jaunt
into Miroku-land such as with the whole Nushi-sama thing. And even the Nushi-sama thing was
funny. This is just kinda... meh.
Best Moment: "Okay, all in favor of going into the creepy, youkai-infested temple?" Speaking of cats, this is actually the first time in canon that there has been any sort of demon cat wandering around. The anime fillers seemed to enjoy making use of them, such as with the Hyounekozoku, but up until now, cats were decidedly absent from the manga (well, besides Buyo. And you never know, maybe HE'S a youkai, too. :P). The manga has been kinda "Zzzz..." lately, and it's likely due to the lack of supporting cast members showing their faces for the last ten chapters or so. Really, we see so much of the main cast, it's the supporting cast who really make the series at this point. I just really hope they return post haste. I miss them. |
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(A Peaceful Dining Table) |
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| Original Release Date: 01/12/05 | Review Date: 01/13/05 | |
| Summary | ||
| Kagome takes Inuyasha home with her so that he can rest up in peace, and finds out that her mother has a cold. While Kagome is out at school and shopping, Inuyasha wakes up and proceeds to go stir-crazy. Kagome comes home to prepare a meal in her ailing mother's stead, and Inuyasha, as usual, ends up making a mess of things. | ||
| Review | ||
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Well, it hit that 1 out of 6, in that it's a totally unrelated filler! But
you know what? That's okay! Because it's Gendai filler, and Gendai
filler is always fun and weird, like the previous "Chiisana Shiawase"
60 chapters ago. It does seem kinda weird that we're taking a break NOW,
but this kind of break is always welcome.
Best Moment: For once, I'm having trouble coming up with a Best Moment, not because the chapter was lackluster, but because it was PACKED full of good stuff. Like Miroku has Shippou pretend to be him so he can sneak off and flirt, but Sango catches them. Kagome wants to make dinner, so Inuyasha catches some pigeons for her to cook (and proceeds to have one ride around on his head for the next few panels). Kagome inists that Inuyasha stay in the house while she runs errands, so he goes stir-crazy and just runs in circles around a table. And finally, Souta finds a cockroach and is about to hit it with a rolled up newspaper, but Inuyasha smacks it with Tessaiga instead. If I recall correctly, Gendai chapters tend to be put between major story arcs. There were ones immediately before and after the Shichinintai arc, then one preceding the start of the whole Fuyouheki and Mouryoumaru thing. So, HOPEFULLY this means we'll be getting back into something important next week.... although I have been hoping the same thing for the past few weeks. -_- |
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(Bonded) |
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| Original Release Date: 01/05/05 | Review Date: 01/09/05 | |
| Summary | ||
| Inuyasha beats on Toushuu some more and ends up getting Tessaiga sucked completely. But, because he's bonded with Tessaiga or something, he insists his sword won't die and smacks Toushuu again. Toushuu ends up going "explodie!" and Dakki snaps in half, giving Tessaiga the quick fix it needs, plus some hot new scales! | ||
| Review | ||
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*beats head against keyboard repeatedly*
Man, because of the holidays, the international shipments of Shounen Sunday were delayed, and once we finally do get it... this is all they've got to show us? ... Man. I mean, I'm happy and all that Tessaiga did go limp, but it was only for, like, four pages, and then it got all happy and shiny again like nothing ever happened. Jeez... Best Moment: The arc is over. Really, that's what excited me about this the most. Yeah, Tessaiga got some sucky new power, but all it's shown for it so far is its sexy new texture. Not to mention they rehashed Toutousai's "Tessaiga will be impotent FOREVAH!" warning AGAIN, just like they have MULTIPLE TIMES for the last, like, four chapters. If they felt the need to tell us that half a dozen times, you'd think it would result in something that lasted longer than 30 seconds. So, next week.... That's the kicker, because since this is FINALLY over, we get to do SOMETHING ELSE next week! ... Hopefully. Dear god, I hope. And the only places we CAN go are back to Kikyou, Kohaku, Mouryoumaru, Naraku, Sesshoumaru, or, god forbid, another filler quest. But there's hope, since there's a 5/6 chance that it'll be something important! |
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( Preparation ) |
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| Original Release Date: 12/22/04 | Review Date: 12/21/04 | |
| Summary | ||
| The cracked Tessaiga surrounds Inuyasha with a protective wind, but even that doesn't last for long, as Dakki manages to absorb it. Toushuu fires off a Kaze no Kizu which Inuyasha counters with another Bakuryuuha, but even THAT gets absorbed. Though, not without a price, as Dakki begins to crack as well. Toushuu also starts to turn even more into a youkai dragon thing. Inuyasha decides to bet it all on one final strike... | ||
| Review | ||
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Graaaah, the Duck vs. Dog battle STILL isn't over! And there's no chapter
next week, so we have to wait even LONGER for this to finish up! Ohhh, the
waiting, the waiting, how I hates the waiting... especially since, like, nothing
got resolved in this chapter other than Tessaiga pretty much dried up
totally. I'm hoping that it won't have a quick and easy resolution like,
"Yay, Tessaiga broke Dakki, now it got all its energy back and is all happy
and shiny once again", but I wouldn't be surprised if it really WAS that
sort of cop-out, sort of like the end of the otherworld battle.
Best Moment: Um... I dunno, there wasn't really much different in this week's chapter as last week's, and even Bakuryuuha got used again. Heck, we even got yet ANOTHER flashback to Toutousai going, "Ooooh, if you lose, Tessaiga will be impotent forever!" Hopefully the fact that this warning comes up approximately once every ten pages means that something will actually come of it, and Tessaiga actually WILL break down. Man, and it's been, like, 17 chapters since we've had a run-in with an actual major bad guy. I'm beginning to miss the mighty pantsless one and the man in the monkey suit. If they don't come back after this arc is over, I swear... Or at least switch over to Kohaku or Sesshoumaru or someone we actually, you know, care about. -_- |
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( Fracture ) |
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| Original Release Date: 12/15/04 | Review Date: 12/15/04 | |
| Summary | ||
| Toushuu lets everyone know that he was really trying to make an uber-powerful sword and was just using the Ryuujin all along. Not to mention using Inuyasha to weaken the Ryuujin enough so that he could absorb his power into Dakki. So, Inuyasha and Toushuu square off, and Dakki's force ends up cracking Tessaiga. Dakki's energy starts turning Toushuu into some sort of dragon monster thing, and each successive attack cracks Tessaiga further, until it starts leaking energy from its fractures... | ||
| Review | ||
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Well, there goes Tessaiga. Almost. The preview text said something about "Is this emission of energy Tessaiga's final
breath or its idea of a counterattack?" We'll have to wait until next week to see whether or not Tessaiga sucks or shatters.
Toushuu will obviously end up destroying himself, but how Tessaiga's going to get over itself looking like a windshield that
just had an encounter with a wayward buffalo is anyone's guess. Unless next week Inuyasha is going to reveal his "Crack Attack".
Best Moment: Not really "best moment" but more of "most sweatdrop-worthy misinterpretation". When Toushuu was giving his whole monologue about forging the Dakki, he mentioned that all his prototype swords were infused with "in no ki". Not being familiar with this term, I hit the dictionary and checked what it meant by itself and how it was used in combinations. ... Unfortunately, "in" is very prominently used in words that deal with the... genital region... so I almost interpreted it as Toushuu declaring, "So, once I infused the sword with my MANLY ENERGY...!", and the Ryuujin showing up later and saying, "Hey, I noticed all that MANLY ENERGY you were emitting and decided to check you out!" ... However, there were some combinations where the term meant "negative", so I finally decided that "negative energy" was probably more along the lines of what the term was going for. ^_^* Of course, Toushuu swinging around his scaly sword infused with MANLY ENERGY would be the last straw for all those people obsessed with Inuyasha's red, pulsing, growing sword with fuzz on the hilt. There were some color pages this time around, too, which did little more than show us that, look, Toushuu has blue pants. Hooray for Toushuu's blue pants. Inuyasha also graced the cover of Shounen Sunday, sharing a scarf with Kagome. But, regardless, this chapter has finally gotten around to making me actually CARE what happens next week, which many of the recent chapters have failed to do, so I guess that's a plus. Unfortunately, next week is a double-issue, meaning there will be no chapter the week after, so hopefully something gets wrapped up before then. |
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